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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent ivo. .eeaecadated rebrualiy 12, 188,4.

' Appncation flied July 5, resa (No modem To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

'Be it known that I, MAncUs P. Scannen, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fulton, in the county of Oswego and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cider-Mills, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in the construction of cider-presses, and in the arrangement of the gearing for operating the press-beams.

It also relates to an improved chute or -hopper for measuring and conducting uniform quantities of pomace to be placed in each layer, said chute being constructed in such a manner as to catch and conduct to a suitable pipe any juice which may run out of the pomace before reaching the press-board; and, further, to an improved apparatus for handling the cheeses before and after insertion into the press; and, further, to an improved safetygearing, whereby .the power which operates the press will be cut off after lany desired degree of pressure has been reached, and also to details to be hereinafter described.

In order that my. invention may be fully understood, I will proceed to describe it with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which` Figure 1 is a vertical section of my improved press. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same. Fig. 3 is an elevation of my improved pomace-chute. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of my improved turntable. Fig. 5 is a plan of the same, showing its adaptability to any number of presses,

and the tracks forsupplying it with fresh cheesesand carrying them off after they have been pressed. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the wear-irons of the turn-table.

1 represents the bed ofthe press, through which pass four screw-threaded uprights or standards, 2, which also pass through openings in the upper press-beams, 3, and through pinions `4L, having internal threads corresponding with those of the uprights 2. The standards 2 are threaded in opposite directionsthat isto say, the pairs at the ends of the press are formed with right and left threads, respectively. l .l

On the under sides of the pinions 4f are shoulders or bosses 5, each having a circular groove, with which engages .a lug or lip, 6,l securely bolted on the top of the press-beam. When pressure is exerted, the face of the shoulder 5 bears against a 'metallic plate, which is also bolted to the top of the beam. Motion is imparted to the pinions 4, in either direction, through the medium of a chain, 7, driven by a sprocket-wheel mounted on a swinging frame, similar to that described in my Patent No. 258,134, dated May 16, 1882, gearing with a sprocket-wheel, S, mounted on shaft 9, carrying bevel-pinions 10 10i, gearing with similar bevel-pinions 11 11, mounted on `upright shafts 12 12, carryingpinions 13 13,

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Pivoted to one vend of the press-beams is a lever, 14, which rests near its, center on a thumb-screw, 15, and carries at its other end a friction-wheel, 16.

Mounted on the shaft 9 is a collar, 17 having anges 18.

Around the collar 17 passes a loose belt or cord, 19, which passes up` overa pulley, 20, and thence to the clutch or other device for shifting the power to or from the idlepulley. lVhen the press has reached the desired maximum pressure, the beam 3 will bend or spring. This will cause the pulley 16 to rise and press against the belt 19 on the under side of thecollar 17, and the rotation ofthe shaft 9 will cause a pull on the said belt, which will shift the working-belt from the working to the idle pulley, thus` stopping the press. Any desired degree of pressure may be reached before the stopping of the press, as above described, by adjusting the thumb-screw 15 up or down, as may be necessary. The beams 3 3 are tied together by suitable tie-rods or braces, and have secured to their under sides a heavy pressboard, 21. c

22 represents a chute for supplying the pomace from the floor above. This chute is provided `at bottom with a trap-door, l23, hinged at 24, and formed aroundA its upper edge with a ledge or rib, 25, for holding and conveying any juice which may run out of the pomace into a trough, 26, which empties into .a pipe, 27, whereby it is'conveyed to any del IOO sired receptacle. This trap-door 23 is held in its closed position by the edge of the trough 26, which engages with a notch on the end of it, said trough being suspended by a spring, 28, of any suitable construction.

For the purpose of releasingv the door, I secure a sliding rod or bar to the under side thereof, the fore end of said rod resting against a lug or projection on the under side of the trough. When this rod is pushed forward, it disengages the edge of the trough from the door and permits it to drop. r

A suitable distance from the bottoni of the chute is a sliding cut-off, 29, having a rack, 30, with which gears a pinion, 31, mounted on a crank-shaft, 32. This slide is retracted until the chute has had time to fill. The supplyV is then cut off and the trap-door 23 released, allowing the pomace tov drop. onto` the. pressboard. The door 23 is then closed, the cut-off opened, and the same manipulation repeated. Thus it will be seen that thedifliculty heretofore existing of putting an equal` amount of pomace in theflayer is, byI my improved chute, entirely overcome.

Suspended from: the ceilingby ropes 33`,.passing overl pulleys 34, is a flexible shield, 35, preferably made of cloth or canvas withwooden ribs, and of the shape shown, the lower-portion of mouth being of less areathan the pressboard upon which the pomace is delivered.

` This device is for the purpose of preventing the pomace from spattering beyond the pressboard and onto the floor, as is the case with devices now in use. This shield may be held suspended by a counterbalance-weight, 35; or the rope.33 may be otherwise anchored, if desired.

The press, as above described, is very powerfuland adapted to press a large quantity of cheese'at eachoperation; and to provide for the easy and speedy insertion of a new cheese into the press, which is too heavy for manipula-` tion by hand, and the removal ofthe expressed one, I provide a turn-table supported and held at its center by suitable wear-irons, consisting of a metallic plate, 36, secured to the under side thereof and formed. with an annular rib, which enga-ges with a similar annular depression in asimilar metallic plate, 37', secured to the floor. This turn-table consists, preferably, of a rectangular frame, 38, provided at'each end with wheels 39, running on a circular track or way, 40. Secured' to the top of the turn-table is a track, 41, for guiding-a car or carriage, 42, having wheels 43. In the center of the turn-table are two/corner' or angle pieces-one on either side-placedthe width of the racks apart, for the purpose of aiding in forming the cheeses evenly. It is also provided with a latch of any suitable-construction for holding the car in place.

For the purpose of catchingl any juicewhich may run out While the cheese is on the turntable, the car or press-board is provided with a marginal flange and an opening at one end for the-escape of said juice, which drips into a trough, 44, running lengthwise of the table and sloping toward the center, where it empties into a funnel, 45, having a pipe leading through the wear-irons, and emptying vinto a suitable receptacle at any desired part of the building. The press is also provided with a track, 46, whose ends are iexible and project beyond the front and back thereof, and are supported by blocks mounted on cross-ties 47. The cross-ties are raised and lowered by means of an eccentric, 4S, mounted on either end of abar, 49, having an operating-lever, 50. Vhen the car is being run in or out of the press, the

lever 50 is lowered, which raises the ends of the track flush with that on the press and table, as shown in Fig. 1. To relieve the wheels of the press-board of any load when the pressure is applied, the lever 50 is raised, thus letting the ends of the track-fall, and letting the bottom of the car, which forms the press-board, rest firmly on the bed of the press.

The relative positions' of the chute, turn-ta,- ble, and press may be 'such that the table can be swung around under the chute, and the cheese laid up, then swung around and run into the v press,and the other end loaded with a fresh cheese. By this time the one in the press will be ready forremoval, which is done by running it onto the table, turning the table, and running the car with the expressed cheese off onto la track leading out of the building; or, if more than one press is used, they may be arranged as shown inthe diagram, Fig. 5. In this figure I have shown the table located in the center of four presses, -with two branch trackse-one for supplying'the fresh'chee ses to the table, and another for carrying 0E the eX- pressed cheeses. By this arrangement of tracks the chute may-be located and the cheeses laid up in another room or another part of the same room and run onto the table as needed. Any novel subject-matter which I havedescribed but not claimed in this application is hereby reserved to be claimed in future applications.

Having thus described my invention, the following is what I claim as new therein'and 'desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In a cider-press, the combination, with the bed 1, stationary screws 2,A moving press-beams 3, and pinions 4, of a train of driving mechanism, S 9 10 11 12 13, located between said moving beams, substantially as set forth.

2. In 'a cider-press, the combination, with the vertically-moving press-beams 3, of an ad-v justable lever, 14, pivoted at one end to said beams, and carrying at the other end a fricti on-wheel, 16, and afriction-wheel, 17 mount-` ed on the maindriving-shaft, and having flanges 18, for retaining a loose belt, 19, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a cider-mill, a pomace-chute having'a hinged trap-door and a sliding cut-off above said door, for measuringan equal quantity of material for each layer, as set forth.

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4. In acider-mill, a pomace-chute having a hinged trap-door provided With a .marginal ange, in combination With a trough for catching the juice and delivering it into a suitable pipe or conveyer, as set forth.

5.` In a cider-mill, the combination, With the pomace-chute 22, having hinged door 28, of a trough, 26, suspended by a spring, and. adapted to hold said door in a closed position, and a suitable trigger for liberating it, as set forth.

6. In a cider-mill, the combinatioii, with the chute 22, having trap-door 23, of a cutoff' 29, operated -by a crank through the medium of rack and pinion 31, as set forth.

7. In a. cider-mill, the combination, with the pomace-chute, of a flexible shield suspended from the ceiling byropes passing over pulleys, and having a counterbalaucingWeight, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

S. In a cidermill, a turn-table consisting of a frame supported and held centrally by suitable wear-irons, substantially as herein described, and having at its ends Wheels run- 25 ning on a circular track or Way, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

-9. The combination, With aturn-table supported at each end by suitable Wheels, of a pair of corrugated Wear-irons adapted to Work 3c together, as and for the purpose set forth.

' 10. lThe combination, with a turn-table supported at each end by suitable Wheels, and having a central longitudinal trough, as described, of a pair of corrugated Wear-irons adapted to Work together, and having a cen tral opening, as and for the purpose set forth.

11. In a cider-mill, the combination, with a Wheeled press-board, of aturn-table having upright cornenpieces adapted to assist in laying up the cheeses evenly, as set forth.

12. In a cider-mill, the combination, Witha turn-table carrying a track on the top thereof, of a Wheeled press-board and a suitable latch for holding it in place on the turn-table, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

13. In a cider-mill, the combination, With a turn-table, of a Wheeled press-board having a .marginal flange and an opening in the front thereof for discharging juice into a suitable trough or receptacle, as set forth.

14. In a cider-mill, the combination, with a turn-table carrying 4tracks or Ways, of apressbed having similar tracks and a Wheeled pressboard, as set forth.

15. In a cider-press, the combination, with a wheeled pressfboard, of a track secured to and having its ends project beyond the pressbed, and connected to cross-beams operated by an eccentricllever, whereby said ends are raised or lowered, substantially as and for the 6o purposes setforth.

MARCUS I. SCHENCK.

Vi tnesses J. E. SHERIDIN, F. BENNETT. 

